1963 – Dylan walks out of The Ed Sullivan Show - Bob Dylan's life and music

Dylan misses his first appearance on national television after being told that
the song he was planning to perform was potentially libellous. "Talkin'
John Birch Paranoid Blues" worried a CBS executive at the height of
'Reds under the Beds' paranoia when the ultra-conservative John Birch
Society held significant political clout. The Beatles (above with Ed
Sullivan) had no such problems when they appeared on the show the following
year.